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The term “digital native” was coined by Marc Prensky, an American writer, speaker and technologist who wrote several articles referencing this subject. This term specifically applied to the generation that grew up in the “digital age,” predominantly regarding individuals born after the year 1980. An additional term that has been applied to this generation is the “millennial generation”. On the other side of this year encompasses the digital immigrant, which refers to the previous generations with less exposure to the digital age and its novelties. The digital generation grew up with increased confidence in the technology that they were encircled and engulfed in. This was thanks in part to their predecessors growing interest into a subject that was previously an unknown. Due to their upbringing, this digital generation of youth became fixated on their technologies as it became an engrained, integral and essential way of life. Prensky concluded that due to the volume of daily interactions with technology, the digital native generation had developed a completely different way of thinking. Though the brains may not have changed physically, pathways and thinking patterns had evolved, and brains had changed to be physiologically different that those of the bygone era. Repeated exposure had helped grow and stimulate certain regions of the brain, while other unused parts of the brain were reduced in size.

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The generational changes between digital natives, and their predecessors, the digital immigrant, have been astronomical. According to a study conducted by Tapscott, after interviewing and studying 11,000 young digital natives, he was able to determine eight different social norms between digital natives and the digital immigrants before them. Digital natives were offered the freedom, creativity to customize and ability to scrutinize, unlike their predecessors. For this digital generation, digital natives looked for corporate integrity and openness when it was time for them to choose a career. These digital youth also began to seek entertaining and innovating career choices. Corporate integrity and openness also applied to consumer products, with digital natives more likely to choose products recommended by their friends. With playful mentalities, this new generation also brought with them a need for speed. The eight social norms differentiated these digital natives, as well as the development of the need for approval from their peer groups